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… Long Overdue Update

I have been finding it very hard to find the right words to say regarding my update. Last we heard I had just been to the Mayo Clinic and I left somewhat defeated without any diagnosis. My neurologist left his practice, and I was once again in limbo without a doctor and on medications that don’t help me when I am having symptoms.

There was one good thing that came about from the mayo…

QUICK UPDATE…

I have been pretty silent lately because life has been relatively easy going. Not too many rocky moments, and I have been able to spend loads of quality time with my family and friends. Those are the moments in life I tend to take for granted. But here I am today in one of the worst flares in a while crying every hour over the smell of broccoli 🤣🤷‍♀️.

In December, I had a follow-up…

Post Lumbar Puncture Headache

Closing out my time in Arizona we had a layover flight from Phoenix to Denver and then Devner to OKC. The entire day I was complaining of my head throbbing and having an uncontroable pain. I would take Tylenol and Ibuprofen with no relief. I had some strong medication I had to eventually take or else I wouldn’t have made it through the next 8 hours. Because of the medications, it wasn’t the worst…

Day 10: Audiology Balance Test

Day 10 was an exciting day, knowing that I would get home and see my kids the next day. I only had one more test, and I wasn’t quite sure what expect, but there were multiple stipulations for this test. I had to stop any sleeping aid medications, any allergy medications, no alcohol for 24 hours, and no food or drink 2 hours before the test. They also require me to have a driver due to the dizzy…

Day 7… Day 8… Day 9… More & More Tests

I want to start by apologizing for not updating in quite a few days, but I have been having a difficult last few days, so I have been relaxing/resting as much as I can. Now it hasn’t been all for not because I have had some significant tests ran and so far receiving some fairly good news.

Day 7: VEP (Visual Evoked Potential)

On day 7, Tuesday, I went in to return the oximetry meter…

Monday, day 6, was a monumental day in my health journey. This would be the first day that I get to meet with my Mayo Clinic Neurologist, Dr. Dean Wingerchuk. I had a very difficult time sleeping I was so anxious about the test results and what my next steps we’re going to be. I am anxious to get whole but also to get answers I need. My appointment is at 8:45 AM PST, and like always, they were…

Day 4: A Peaceful Drive to the Grand Canyon

Saturday is a day filled with no appointments but a day of relaxing and trying to make the most of the trip. I woke up with terrible pain in my leg which made me not want to go on the 4-hour drive to the Grand Canyon. I thought to myself, what would be the point of driving 8 hours round trip just to look at a valley and Plateaus. Kyle, the amazing husband encouraged me to make the most of it and…

On Day 3 in Scottsdale, AZ, I woke up nervous and excited. I didn’t know what to expect of the day and the test I was going to happen later in the day. The technician who did my EMG the day earlier noted to not wear any hair spray or other hair treatments because they would need to stick probes on my scalp. We stopped for some coffee but it didn’t wow me like Maverick’s Coffee from the prior day.…

Mayo Clinic Day 1 & 2

I have been waiting for the day to be able to update everyone on my health journey. I could feel myself counting the days down, ready to check in to flights and hotels. I knew this experience was going to be monumental, but I could have never guessed what my next two days’ would look like.

The night before I could hardly sleep, I was so excited. However, I was in so much pain that I also…

My Medical Journey: Perhaps Here Comes Another Relapse

Over the last week, I have been saying that I can feel another relapse coming on from this undiagnosable medical condition. It seems as if each time I start to relapse, I get small feelings that push me towards this assumption, and I have yet to be wrong. Around a week ago, I began to get a migraine headache that I couldn’t kick. Soon after I started to…

Resting Happy Face & Health Update

Ever since I was a young girl, I always had a constant smiling look on my face, and I would call it my resting happy face. I took this name based on the opposite title, resting bi*** face 😉. Now, my husband likes to laugh about me saying this because he doesn’t always get that happy face so it can’t be a thing. But you should all have an idea of what I’m talking about.

Now the resting…

In a previous blog, I posted a review of an eco-friendly washing machine ball, and I 100% adore them! But at the same time, I purchased the wash balls I also purchased the wool dryer balls that are reusable. I thought what better time than now, sitting in an hour-long car rider line than to write the review over the wool dryer balls.

The link above is the specific dryer balls I…

Review: Eco-Friendly Washing Machine “Ball”

Insomnia is a real struggle for me during my “unwell” days. On those nights, I can find myself watching a slew of infomercials. My husband calls me the money makerfor all of those night time advertisers. He calls me this because I do, sometimes, buy those items I see on sale at 3:00 AM. One of the most recent products I saw was an Eco-Friendly Laundry washing machine ball. This ball will…

Back when I first started my customer service job I was given a quiz from my team leader about the 5 different love langauges and to try and determine which catagory I fell under. She wanted to make sure that they were able to show my appreciation in a way that would be most fulfilling to me.

My Love Language Changed…

The first time I hers of this quiz it was many years ago when I first started my customer service job. I had an amazing team leader who had our team take the 5 Love Language Profiles quiz to try and best determine how we like receiving appreciation in the workplace. I have to admit, when I started taking the quiz in my workplace I was taken back because it had to do with the relationship of a…

"Sorry, I'm so sorry" - This is a statement I find myself saying this multiple times daily. I've gotta say this is one of my greatest strength but also one of my biggest weaknesses. If this sounds like you too, just know you aren't alone.

When someone asks me what my greatest strengths and biggest weakness are in life my response would always be my use of the word “sorry”. It might not mean much to you when thinking about saying it. But to me, it is a word that most times will come out of my mouth 20+ times in a day. A lot of times I find myself over apologizing for things that are out of my control such as the examples below.